International Security Publications
Escaping the Resource Curse
Jul 07, 2011This edited volume, in which leading academics, practitioners, and policymakers focus on overcoming the problems faced by states endowed with large oil and gas reserves, could not have come at a better time. more
From Planting Trees to Making Peace: The Next Steps for Environment, Population, and Security
Jul 07, 2011Complete set of commentaries on the future of environmental security by Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Jared Diamond, Margaret Brusasco-Mackenzie, Erika Weinthal, Richard Cincotta, Roger-Mark De Souza, Richard Matthew, and Bryan McDonald. more
From Environmental Peacemaking to Environmental Peacekeeping
Jul 07, 2011While it is still not clear if environmental cooperation can lead directly to peace, we should explore the environment’s potential as a peacemaking tool in this increasingly unstable and conflictual world, writes Erika Weinthal. more
Environmental Stress and Human Security in Northern Pakistan
Jul 07, 2011Environmental and social factors are generating high levels of conflict and insecurity in Northern Pakistan. more
ECSP Report 6: Table of Contents
Jul 07, 2011The 2000 issue of the ECSP Report features commentaries on commentaries address environment, population, and conflict; and trade and the environment. Table of Contents. more
ECSP Report 4: Special Reports
Jul 07, 2011Special reports: Environmental Degradation and Migration The U.S.-Mexico Case Study, by The Natural Heritage Institute; and Solving China’s Environmental Problems: Policy Options from the Working Group on Environment in U.S.-China Relations, by Aaron Frank. more
Understanding Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation
Jul 07, 2011This publication is the result of an ongoing collaboration between UNEP and ECSP, exploring the environment and security nexus. Complete report. more
Political Geography: Special Issue on Climate Change and Conflict
Jul 07, 2011The journal Political Geography has devoted an entire issue to exploring the links between climate change and violent conflict. more
Networks of Threat and Vulnerability: Lessons from Environmental Security Research
Jul 07, 2011Environmental security scholarship provides important theoretical and methodological underpinnings for the embryonic field examining threat networks, write Richard Matthew and Bryan McDonald. more
Brazil's SIVAM: As It Monitors the Amazon, Will It Fulfill its Human Security Promise?
Jul 07, 2011As Brazil implements its System for Vigilance of the Amazon (SIVAM), the country's leadership touts it as a major effort towards achieving its national security objectives, but lack of transparency and participation raise concerns. more
